Call for features by black filmmakers

Got an idea for a killer feature film but need some help with production? Fineline Productions is calling for submissions for narrative feature film production. Submissions need to have a strong commercial bent, especially in the genres of action adventure, drama,...

Taking the power of film to the people

A new initiative by the Afrika Culture and Development Club (ACDC), the Films Club Project, aims to bring film’s power for problem-solving, upliftment and social change to the broader community, particularly young people. After completing a project management course...

Call for scriptwriters

Ochre Moving Pictures is producing a series of 10 budget films of broadcast duration. Conceptually driven, each story will be stand alone, and is contained entirely within a single location. Writers will need to contribute their voices, experiences and strong...

Winnie to open Montreal Film Fest

Winnie, Darrell Roodt’s highly anticipated biopic of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has been selected as the opening film for the eighth Montreal International Black Film Festival on 19 September. A South Africa-Canada co-production, Winnie was shot in...

GFC announces first quarter projects

At a glittering ceremony held on Wednesday 1 August, the Gauteng Film Commission launched Women’s Month in style and announced four successful projects that will be supported during the first quarter of this financial year 2012/13. A still from Jeppe on a Friday, on...

Master class with Benoit Jacquot

A master class with French filmmaker Benoit Jacquot, director of Farewell, My Queen, will be held in Johannesburg on 9 August at 10h00 at AFDA Johannesburg, as part of the French Film Festival in South Africa. Participants will get to meet Jacquot and discuss...